Garbage-can.



J. F. WATTS.

GARBAGE CAN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5,1916.

1,248,762c, Patent/ed Dec.4,1917.-

. normally holds the cover in a closed will be kept dry and will not rust. snap 9 normally holds the handles 7 in posi- UNITED STATES PATENT onnion.

JOSIAH F. WATTS, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

GARBAGE-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 4, 1917.

Application filed June 5, 1916. Serial No. 101,741.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JOSIAH F. WVATTs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of 'Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garbage-Cans, of, which the following is a full, true, and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in garbage cans and has for its principal object to provide an improved and novel form of garbage cans which embodies an improved form of cover and a dumping bottom.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan of same. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front elevation.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, numeral 1 indicates a cylindrical can which is provided with a segmental cover 2 and a corresponding segmental top against which. the cover fits snugly. The cover is secured to a yoke 8 which is pivoted to a shaft 4 at the sidesof the can 1. To remove the cover, it is only necessary to swing it about the pivot shaft 4. A spring snap 5 position. A bottom 6 is secured to shaft 4; which is provided with a handle 7 on the outside of the canlQ Bottom 6 is set a little above the base of can-1 which is provided with vent holes8 beneath bottom 6 so that the bottom A spring Copies of this patent may be obtained for tion so that the bottom isin a closed position. The ob ect in having a cover as shown lies 1n the fact that the usual garbage can has a loose cover which is easily blown off, lost,

etc., and which becomes bent and allows flies to get into the can. A

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I therefore desire to avoid being limited to the exact form shown and described.

Having des'cribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

A garbage can comprising a stationary hollow body portion, a cover for the body portion, a rod extending centrally across the lower portion of the body, arms extending from said cover and pivotally mounted on the ends of the rod, a bottom for the body secured to the rod, a lever attached'to the outer end of the rod and provided with a projection, and a catch on the outside of the body portion to engage the lever to hold the bottom in closed position in the body portion, whereby when the catch is released the bottom may be tilted to remove the contents from the body portion.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSIAH F. WVATTS.

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Washington, D. G." 

